Alaskan linguists received $1,343,843 US Dept. of Education/ANEP grant (fwd)

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Alaskan linguists received $1,343,843 US Dept. of Education/ANEP grant

SLATE: Second Language Acquistion and Teacher Education
Assistant Professor of Linguistics College of Liberal Arts University of
Alaska Fairbanks
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-10/uoaf-alr102706.php

U.S. Department of Education Alaska Native Education Program recently
awarded $1,343,843 to University of Alaska Fairbanks' College of
Liberal Arts' Applied Linguistics Program to support a three-year
Second Language Acquisition and Teacher Education (SLATE) project.

The SLATE project builds on partnerships between UAF's College of
Liberal Arts Applied Linguistics Program, Alaska Native Language
Center, UAF School of Education, Associate of Village Council
Presidents (AVCP), and the Lower Kuskokwim School District to create a
comprehensive graduate program in second language acquisition and
teacher education. Through SLATE, the University of Alaska Fairbanks
will recruit, educate, and graduate 20 new Masters students and about 4
new doctoral students whose efforts will enable local communities and
schools to improve the quality of language instruction and assessment
in the region. In order to eliminate barriers that have historically
hindered degree completion, students will be organized into cohorts as
well as guided research collaboratives.

SLATE Project is directed by Sabine Siekmann, PhD, who joined the
faculty of UAF's College of Liberal Arts as Assistant Professor of
Linguistics and Foreign Language Education in August 2005. Her doctoral
work at University of South Florida emphasized second language
acquisition and instructional technology. Siekmann is assisted by
co-investigator, Patrick Marlow, PhD, an Assistant Professor of
Linguistics and Education who holds dual faculty appointments with
Alaska Native Language Center as well as UAF's School of Education.

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CONTACT: Anita Hartmann, Director, CLA Office for Research Development,
at (907) 474-2633 or via e-mail at ffamh at uaf.edu . Marmian Grimes, UAF
Public Information Officer, at (907) 474-7902 or via e-mail at
marmian.grimes at uaf.edu .

Principal Investigator Sabine Siekmann, Assistant Professor of
Linguistics, at (907) 474-6580 or via e-mail at ffss5 at uaf.edu Photo
available at http://www.uaf.edu/language/faculty/siekmann.htm .
Co-Investigator Patrick Marlow, Assistant Professor of Linguistics and
Education, at (907) 474-7446, or via e-mail at ffpem at uaf.edu .